MESFET digital for datacom and telecom application

Author

Deyhimy, I.

Author_Institution

Vitesse Semicond. Corp., Camarillo, CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

17-20 Oct. 1999

Firstpage

29

Lastpage

32

Abstract

MESFET digital IC technology has successfully penetrated the high data rate telecommunication and data communication segments. The reasons for this become clear when the important economic issues in supplying high performance devices for telecommunication and data communication are considered. Specifically, OEM customers do not buy technology, they buy the most cost effective products that satisfy their requirements. In this paper, the focus is on the economics of manufacturing high performance ICs. Several high speed digital IC technologies are compared from this perspective, and the most critical issues impacting cost of manufacture are identified. MESFET technology is shown to provide the most cost-effective solution in the present market. Performance issues and capabilities for MESFET technology versus other competing device technologies for 10 Gb/s and higher data rates are also discussed.

Keywords

MESFET integrated circuits; data communication equipment; field effect digital integrated circuits; high-speed integrated circuits; integrated circuit economics; integrated circuit technology; telecommunication equipment; MESFET digital IC technology; data communication; economics; high data rate telecommunication; high performance IC manufacture; high speed digital IC technologies; manufacturing cost; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Digital integrated circuits; Logic; MESFETs; Optical fiber cables; SONET; Switches; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GaAs IC Symposium, 1999. 21st Annual

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

ISSN

1064-7775

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5585-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GAAS.1999.803720

Filename

803720